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Add enforce_rack_list option. When the option is set to true,
all tablet keyspaces have rack list replication factor.

When the option is on:
- CREATE STATEMENT always auto-extends rf to rack lists;
- ALTER STATEMENT fails when there is numeric rf in any DC.

The flag is set to false by default and a node needs to be restarted
in order to change its value. Starting a node with enforce_rack_list
option will fail, if there are any tablet keyspaces with numeric rf
in any DC.

enforce_rack_list is a per-node option and a user needs to ensure
that no tablet keyspace is altered or created while nodes in
the cluster don't have the consistent value.

Mark rf_rack_valid_keyspaces as deprecated.

Fixes: https://github.com/scylladb/scylladb/issues/26399.

New feature; no backport needed

Closes scylladb/scylladb#28084

* github.com:scylladb/scylladb:
  test: add test for enforce_rack_list option
  db: mark rf_rack_valid_keyspaces as deprecated
  config: add enforce_rack_list option
  Revert "alternator: require rf_rack_valid_keyspaces when creating index"
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ScyllaDB Documentation

This repository contains the source files for ScyllaDB documentation.

  • The dev folder contains developer-oriented documentation related to the ScyllaDB code base. It is not published and is only available via GitHub.
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    Prerequisites
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Cleanup

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make pristine

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